Boycott Penney's for selling raccoon dog fur-trimmed coats

[jmowreader]

Last month, Macy's discovered that some of the Sean John jackets it was selling were trimmed in "raccoon dog."

Also known as Asiatic Raccoon and listed on the Federal Trade Commission's register of species whose fur is legal to sell in the United States, the Asiatic Raccoon is a good-sized canid also known as a raccoon dog. Chinese fur traders relieve the animal of its hide by whacking it on the ground to stun it then skinning it out while it's still alive. They then throw the skinned animal, who by now has regained consciousness, into a pile to die.

When Macy's discovered what they had on their racks, they immediately pulled the jackets off their shelves and returned them to the vendor, who swore that they would stop using this fur on their products.

Fire up the flames of righteous indignation, folks; JCPenney of Plano, Texas has not only admitted that they sell this fur, but that they intend to continue selling it. They pulled Asiatic Raccoon-trimmed jackets that were labeled as containing "raccoon" from their shelves over the Christmas season, but have lined out the word "raccoon" on the tags and have put the coats back on the shelves.

http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/1320075516.htm

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Here's what a raccoon dog looks like

Raccoon dogs ("tanuki") are popular characters in Japanese folk tales

Here's a "raccoon dog telephone":

[Annces]

2. done

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. how gross

besides, wolf fur is best. that is, if I was inclined to wear fur.

[jmowreader]

4. Coyote fur is best for one good reason

The coyote is the medusa of the canid family: you shoot one and two pop up to take its place. A link I ran across while preparing to post this claims the annual coyote harvest is about 400,000 individuals, but that there are between one and ten million coyotes walking the earth at any point in time.

Also, coyotes will eat anything--their two favorite foods seem to be watermelons and housecats. They will also eat the skinned carcasses of coyotes who were killed for their pelts, so if you decide to take up coyote hunting as a hobby, leave the carcasses in the woods because a hungry coyote can kill animals much larger than itself, such as deer and elk.

[Solo_in_MD]

5. I've lived in coyote country, and much of what you state is true

never ceased to amaze me when new people would say that Fluffly or Fido would do just fine since we were "in a civilized area". They kept the coyotes well fed.